Tigran Balayan saw what Armenians of Artsakh experienced

On October 29, Turkey celebrated the 101st anniversary of the founding of the republic. Many people visited the mausoleum of the founder of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on this occasion. For better or worse, however, this news would not have made it into our news feed if it had not turned out that Armenia’s representative to the EU, Armenian Ambassador to Belgium Tigran Balayan, had been among those diplomats who took part in the celebrations organized in Brussels on this occasion.
POLITICO reported that a letter circulated to envoys last week alleged that Armenian Ambassador Tigran Balayan was “verbally attacked and intimidated” by Azerbaijani Ambassador Vaqif Sadiqov, who “voiced explicit threats against his life.” The incident is said to have happened at a reception hosted by the Turkish Embassy in honor of the country’s national day.

Commenting on this news, we could have said that it was not worth going to a reception hosted by the Turkish Embassy so as not to receive a threat there. However, given the foreign policy direction pursued by the Armenian authorities to integrate Armenia into the Turkic world, the incident should be analyzed in more detail.

It is one of the reasons why representatives of Baku do not shy away from threatening Armenians even in Europe, even at diplomatic receptions. This is vivid evidence that, in terms of Azerbaijani identity, nothing has changed after the surrender of Artsakh. If not to say that everything has become even worse.

The deep problem of identity is something that the Armenian authorities, led by Nikol Pashinyan, who surrendered Artsakh to Azerbaijan, try not to notice. This effort sometimes takes the form of frankly ridiculous statements, for example, a statement that the “Crossroads of Peace” project can benefit not only Armenia but also other countries in the region.
It can be assumed that POLITICO saw the contents of the letter sent to the official Brussels due to a number of actions of the Armenian representative office in Brussels. However, a logical question arises: why did the Armenian representative office in the EU do this? Why did they send a letter to European officials, why did you give this letter to POLITICO?

Why should Armenia, which is considering the possibility of withdrawing all its lawsuits against Azerbaijan in international courts, spend political resources to protect the honor and dignity of Tigran Balayan?

How is Balayan better than the Armenians of Karabakh, whom Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev expelled from the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, in fact, under threat of death? Why can they be threatened, but not him?

How is the representative of Armenia in the European Union better than the Armenians of Syunik, who are also threatened with death if the West Azerbaijan project is implemented? Why do we not see angry articles in POLITICO regarding Baku’s threats on the topic of “Western Azerbaijan?”

What happened is a consequence of the political decisions taken by the Armenian authorities in recent years. Political decisions gave rise to political problems, which in turn resulted in domestic death threats. An article in POLITICO will not solve these problems…

Think about it…